The stripdown revealed the extent of the bulkhead’s rot. While repairable, a good replacement was a tidier, quicker and stronger alternative. I have bought a replacement from WWSpares, who import mint bulkheads and chassis from Australia and South Africa. It’s galvanised, so rust should no longer be a worry.
New Chassis
A new chassis was required due to advancing corrosion in the main rails. There were two main options – find an unused MoD surplus chassis, or order a new chassis outright. The MoD chassis had the advantage of being half the price of new, but would have needed significant alteration to fit the rear fuel […]
Introduction
This Blog is dedicated to my 1982 Series III 109. It rolled out of Lode Lane as a Marine Blue and Limestone 2.25 petrol hard top, and I believe it spent its first ten years in the hands of a the National Rivers Authority. The second owner was a member of BA staff stationed in […]
Welcome to my Series III Restoration Site
This site is dedicated to my eternal fiddling and tweaking of my 1972 Series III 109 inch Land Rover. I bought it in February 1992 and immediately set about a few repairs and a bit of tidying up and all these years later I’m still working on it! After years of minor rebuilds, in 2004 […]
It’s Alive!
Started the engine today. I put about 30l of fuel with a botle of Slick50 fuel system treatment in the aft tank, a 60/40 mix of anti-freeze/water in the cooling system and filled the sump with cheap Tesco’s oil. The oil will be run up to temperature when I get the chance and have some […]
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